I think he is trying to feel better by giving you permission to go out at weekends and he'll move out if you find someone.
I was told "go find someone else" a number of times just before BD. From my point of view (and none of us can really know anything for sure) perhaps he's looking for permission, not giving it. Didn't he start off with a fantasy of girls on beaches throwing themselves at him?
Again, we can't know for sure - but to me and from my guy perspective and not having all the facts - he sounds like someone who is feeling trapped and is now looking for a way out of the trap.
On BD H52, W50 T27, M26 S21, D23 BD-9-Mar-16 D-15-Jan-18 Final-19-Apr-18 I am a storyteller. The story may do you no good. But a story is never for the listener. It is always for the one who tells